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There are 102 counties in Illinois. The most populous of these is Cook County, the second-most populous county in the United States and the home of Chicago, while the least populous is Hardin County. The largest by land area is McLean County, while the smallest is Putnam County. Illinois's FIPS state code is 17 and its postal abbreviation is IL.
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Cook County is organized into townships except for the city of Chicago: in 1902, voters in Chicago chose to abolish the eight townships in the city. [5]There are 17 counties with no township government: Alexander, Calhoun, Edwards, Hardin, Johnson, Massac, Menard, Monroe, Morgan, Perry, Pope, Pulaski, Randolph, Scott, Union, Wabash, and Williamson. [5]
Bud Light Stage during the 2015 festival in Chicago. This is a list of Lollapalooza lineups, sorted by year. Lollapalooza was an annual travelling music festival organized from 1991 to 1997 by Jane's Addiction singer Perry Farrell. The concept was revived in 2003, but was cancelled in 2004.
The city of Chicago, Illinois, has many cultural institutions and museums, large and small. Major cultural institutions include: the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Architecture Foundation, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Goodman Theater, Joffrey Ballet, Central Public Harold Washington Library, and the Chicago Cultural ...
The Chicago Children's Museum is located at Navy Pier in Chicago, Illinois. It was founded in 1982 by The Junior League of Chicago who were responding to programming cutbacks in the Chicago Public Schools. Originally housed in two hallways of the Chicago Public Library, it soon began to offer trunk shows and traveling exhibits in response to ...
Killed two girls, ages 8 and 9, on Mother's Day: Lane Bryant shooting: Tinley Park: 2008-02-02: 5: Mass murder and armed robbery at clothing outlet [28] Northern Illinois University shooting: DeKalb: 2008-02-14: 6: Mass shooting on a crowd of students [29] Murder of Jason Hudson: Chicago: 2008-10-24: 2: Brother and mother of singer Jennifer ...
St. Joan of Arc. 9248 N Lawndale Ave, Evanston. Established in 1951 [ 6] Became a part of the new St. John Newman Parish in 2022 [ 4][ 5] St. Mary. 1012 Lake St, Evanston. Established in 1865 [ 7] Became a part of the new St. John XXIII Parish in 2022 [ 7][ 8] St. Nicholas. 806 Ridge Ave, Evanston. Established in 1887; current church building ...